An avalanche of rock and soil could be seen in CCTV footage falling from one side of the mountain into the mine pit, burying a number of excavators and dump trucks. Three hundred rescue workers were using heavy machinery and rescue dogs in their search for the miners, state mediaContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea has test-fired four strategic cruise missiles during a drill designed to demonstrate its ability to conduct a nuclear counterattack against hostile forces, its state media said on Friday (Feb 25). The exercise on Thursday involved an apparently operational strategic cruise missile unit of the Korean People’s Army,Continue Reading
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and China’s top diplomat Wang Yi did not discuss a reported Chinese plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine when they met on Wednesday (Feb 22), Moscow said. Wang, the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Russia since it invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, met President VladimirContinue Reading
BEIJING: China must resolve issues in key technological fields from the bottom up as it deals with a growing number of mainly US export controls on advanced technology, President Xi Jinping has said. Xi told a study session of the 24-person Politburo on Tuesday (Feb 21) that China needed toContinue Reading
MANILA: A massive Philippine police search was under way on Wednesday (Feb 22) for two motorcycle-riding men who shot and killed a New Zealand man in a brazen street robbery that officials fear could scare foreign tourists away. The 34-year-old tourist, Nicholas Peter Stacey, was fatally shot once in theContinue Reading
On Monday, Wang called for a negotiated settlement to the Ukraine war during a stopover in Hungary. The same day, US President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv in a show of solidarity, promising US$500 million worth of military aid to Ukraine and additional sanctions against Russian elitesContinue Reading
UNITED NATIONS: The United States proposed on Monday (Feb 20) that the United Nations Security Council condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile launches and encourage Pyongyang to engage in diplomacy, warning that the 15-member body’s failure to respond had become dangerous. China and Russia oppose any further action by the SecurityContinue Reading
BEIJING: Beijing lashed out on Monday (Feb 20) against what it said were “false” claims by the United States that China is considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine. “It is the United States and not China that is endlessly shipping weapons to the battlefield,” China’s foreign ministry spokesmanContinue Reading
SEOUL: The United States and South Korea held a joint air exercise involving US strategic bombers on Sunday (Feb 19), a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise, where South Korea’s F-35A,Continue Reading
SEOUL: The United States held joint air exercises bilaterally with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers on Sunday (Feb 19), a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a “sudden launching drill”. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercise, in which SouthContinue Reading